Edmond Simeoni

Edmond Simeoni (6 August 1934 – 14 December 2018)[1] was a Corsican doctor, politician and nationalist. He was the brother of Max Simeoni, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 to 1994 and father of Gilles Simeoni.[2][3][4]

Edmond Simeoni
Personal details
Born(1934-08-06)6 August 1934
Corte, Corsica
Died14 December 2018(2018-12-14) (aged 84)
Ajaccio, Corsica

Simeoni, together with his brother Max, were the leaders of the Aleria siege, which started the modern Corsican nationalism.[5]

Biography

Simeoni was born 6 August 1934 in Corte, Corsica.[6] His father was Ferdinand Simeoni, who was the mayor of Lozzi. He grew up in Francardu and graduated at the Bastia High School. He studied medicine and specialized in gastroenterology.[7]

Simeoni relocated in Bastia and practiced medicine there for several years. He died on 14 December 2018 at Ajaccio, Corsica. Thousands of Corsicans attended his funeral and a tribute that lasted for three days.[8] At the time of his death, he was considered the most prominent Corsican political figure in the past 50 years.[9]

Activism

Edmond and Max Simeoni participated in the elections during the 1960s without much success.[10] They then founded the Action Regionaliste Corse in 1967.[11] The organization was banned in 1973 but was revived as the Azzione per a Rinascita Corsa (Action for a Reborn Corsica, ARC).[11] Two years later, the Simeoni brothers led a group of 50 ARC militants and took over a French wine depot in Aleria.[11]

Books
  • 1975: Le Piège d’Aleria, édition Lattes
  • 1985: La Volonté d’être, éditions Albiana
  • 2003: Un combat pour la Corse, éditions Le Cherche Midi – Entretien avec Pierre Dottelonde
  • 2008: Lettre aux femmes corses, éditions DCL – stamparia Sammarcelli

Price

References
  1. "Edmond Simeoni vient de s'éteindre à l'hôpital d'Ajaccio". Corse Matin. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  2. "Le père du nationalisme corse, Edmond Simeoni, est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. "À Lozzi, la Corse réunie pour les obsèques d'Edmond Simeoni". France 3 Corse ViaStella (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. Match, Paris. "Le nationaliste corse Edmond Simeoni, père de Gilles Simeoni, est mort". parismatch.com (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. Kindersley, Dorling (2012). Top 10 Corsica. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-7566-9401-2.
  6. Lavezzi, Ghjiseppu (2018). Corse : Vertiges de l'honneur: L'Âme des Peuples (in French). Nevicata. ISBN 978-2-512-01011-1.
  7. "Dr. Edmond Simeoni – fervent defender of Corsica". Let's talk about Corsica. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. "Bastia : la mémoire et l'engagement d'Edmond Simeoni célébrés à l'église Saint-Roch". France 3 Corse ViaStella (in French). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. "La vie d'Edmond Simeoni, figure du nationalisme corse, racontée en BD". Franceinfo (in French). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. Watson, Michael (2013). Contemporary Minority Nationalism. Oxon: Routledge. p. 90. ISBN 0415000653.
  11. McGarry, John; McGarry, Professor of Political Studies and Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy John (2001). Northern Ireland and the Divided World: Post-Agreement Northern Ireland in Comparative Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 244. ISBN 0-19-829633-9.
  12. « La Fondation Coppieters honore Edmond Simeoni : Une vie consacrée à la paix », sur Corse Net Infos, 24 November 2018
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